Mazmur 14:3

14:3 Everyone rejects God; ¹ 

they are all morally corrupt. ² 

None of them does what is right, ³ 

not even one!

Mazmur 73:27

73:27 Yes, ⁴  look! Those far from you ⁵  die;

you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you. ⁶ 

Mazmur 119:176

119:176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. ⁷ 

Come looking for your servant,

for I do not forget your commands.

[14:3]  ¹ tn Heb “everyone turns aside.”

[14:3]  ² tn Heb “together they are corrupt.”

[14:3]  ³ tn Heb “there is none that does good.”

[73:27]  ⁴ tn Or “for.”

[73:27]  ⁵ sn The following line defines the phrase far from you in a spiritual sense. Those “far” from God are those who are unfaithful and disloyal to him.

[73:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “everyone who commits adultery from you.”

[119:176]  ⁷ tn Heb “I stray like a lost sheep.” It is possible that the point of the metaphor is vulnerability: The psalmist, who is threatened by his enemies, feels as vulnerable as a straying, lost sheep. This would not suggest, however, that he has wandered from God’s path (see the second half of the verse, as well as v. 110).